Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven -- set for release 10/28/16

@JimD
I found this spelling mistake in the movie star prologue with an alcohol addiction.
I chose to go to the movie promotion.


From a flask you take a sip of whisky.

I found this error in chapter 2 when Dante was attacked by the Zombies.
I chose to end Dante’s life but couldn’t kill him because I had civilised 80%.

I found an error in chapter 2 at Fred’s house.
I had a compound bow as a primary and a baseball bat as a secondary weapon.
However, when I chose to shoot the Zombies it came up with a option to select the compound bow and the crossbow.

Thanks for the feedback and error reports.

I plan to post an update on 2/15 which finishes chapter 2. Some big changes:

  1. Some neighbors will not be based on location (city, suburbs, country). Parker, Solomon, and Vince (sort of) will be met regardless of location. This change is to start adding NPCs to the player’s group, though it won’t be as simple as inviting them in.

  2. I’m not going to add any profession-based side missions into the game until chapters 1-4 are done. I want the tree to be built before focusing on branches.

  3. I will retire the skill leveling portion which will be incorporated into chapter 3.

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Wait we can get compound bows???

Ya at the start when you gather supplies I think is when you choose it

Really? All I got were some swords…

You get to pick it if you have enough points in survival.

Do you have any plans to add facial hair as a form of customization? I realize that you’ve probably put enough customization as it is, but I think it would add an extra dimension. You’d only be able to do it to male PCs though.

Options could include: stubble, chin strap, moustache, goatee, Van Dyke, and full beard. You don’t have to add this, but it would be nice.

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I’m looking forward to the update.

If you want me to run another pre-update session, just PM me with the details, @JimD .

@JimD
I found these errors in chapter 2, when I visited Sean’s house.


Delete the rest of the sentence past ‘and’.
Or ‘his wife, a long, dark-haired woman’
Even though there is water when scavenging for supplies, there is no option to add it to the inventory.
The beer also has no option to be added to the inventory.
I found this error at the rancher with bare hands as primary and secondary weapons.

“As you raise the weapon, it digs into his chest, forcing you backward.”
Change the text to: “But as he charges, you faint right and clip the side of his head with a jab,”

I found this spelling error in chapter 1 when the Zombie attacked.
I chose “I have to kill him. He may attract other zombies or find a way in.”
I had hand to hand combat level 3.
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Delete ‘His.’
I found a spelling error in chapter 2 when Dante was attacked by the Zombies.
I killed Dante with a nephew and when my nephew asked about him, I selected “I had no choice,” you say and explain that you stopped the man from becoming a zombie."

“our nephew stops hitting you but his face remains reddened in anger.”
Your nephew

@JimD I noticed in your list of profiles you included a few TWD characters. Have you ever read the book Road to Woodbury? Lilly Caul, the protagonist, could make an excellent profile. She arrives at Woodbury with a group of people she knew before the outbreak, overtime she drifts away from them to ensure her own survival, even going to lengths of manipulating a few to feel safe, though feeling incredibly guilty as she does. She needed to perform heinous acts and follow ruthless leaders to survive in Woodbury but she kept a conscience, refusing and rebelling against certain things that push her boundaries.

Another thing. When romantic relationships happen, could we decide what our MC ultimately want from it? Mallory would only see it as just sex or manipulate that person’s feelings towards her to keep herself safe.

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I always kinda figured things like hairstyle, hair length, and facial hair were kind of… features that the player can visualize onto the MC rather than actually picking them out as choices. At least, that’s how I usually play them out. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally down with the option of having it potentially added, but I just kinda figured it’s in that category of ‘use your imagination’. :grin:

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Hair length. It can be used in many ways. Preferences of NPCs. Dirt-collecting. Zombies-handles. Making strings…

Pros and cons for it - someone will always miss something, others will love what they can specify, yet others could not care less.

Most cons fall on poor @JimD having to code it. :cold_sweat:


As far as I’m concern, if it’s there I am happy to see it, but if it isn’t I probably won’t miss it all that much.

Everything you say is true, yet the inclusion of all these “little” things propels the story to a higher more elite level. It does come down to @JimD 's effort - which is why I’m very excited for this project. His efforts make his story new “classics” and help set standards the rest of us follow.

@JimD and @jeantown have inspired me with their minute attention to these little thing.

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yeah agree I prefer a mix of imagination and explicitly stated facts that’s what seperates a film from a book, that’s why some people prefer books, with a film the characters are set, with a book like this it can feel very personal think @JimD is doing of getting the balance right though, but don’t want to see too much e.g describing in ridiculous detail your safe haven right down to where every object is or something.

@Bugreporter

This isn’t a bug. If you are highly civilized, you can’t bring yourself to kill him.

@Gregory_Pena I have no plans to add more customization but have a growing list of requests, such as height, weight, dependent gender, pet gender, and more. At this stage, I want to make progress on the story and when it’s done I’ll see what other features I can add.

@Zolataya thanks! I will PM you when ready.

@Nathan_Faxon I have not read that book but will look it up. Thanks for the suggestion.

As far as romances, I haven’t worked out goals for relationships but I will add them in.

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Found a bunch of bugs, I’ve added a few suggestions with them :slightly_smiling:

Continuity errors and story flow:

A bank robber character demands that the senior guard slide his revolver to her, but there’s no additional revolver (and ammo) in the inventory screen.

After leading a zombie out of my house and not killing it, I was given the “Upset at the taking of a life. The man was infected, but he was still a man.” option

“With all due respect, sir the truth is overrated.” - My character was a woman. You should probably add a comma after the “sir” as well.

In Dante’s scene, there are two infected women but the narrative “the woman” can be a little misleading after the player successfully kills one from inside their home.

Typos, grammatical errors, word choice:

“Changing topics—did you finish your profile for that dating Web site?” - *website

“[…] his eloquence at your parole hearing was a major factor in an early release. you crossed paths on vacation in Las Vegas.” - *You

“Hey, what’s up,” - *what’s up?

“What’s going on out here,” - *here?

“She screams, but the man pushes himself up and cradles the woman’s head close to his own.” - might want to replace “cradles” with a more vicious verb (since cradles implies gentleness), try “seizes” or “grips”.

" ‘Reilly,’ you yell" - swap the comma for an exclamation mark and it reads a little smoother.

“What the hell is going on? These people…,” - not sure if you need the comma at the end of the ellipsis

“arms waving like the middle-aged man and strange woman in the car.” - missing “the” before “strange woman”

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@JimD
I found this bug in chapter 2 when Dante was attacked by the Zombies.
I chose “Rush outside and kill the infected.”

I didn’t use my car I ran outside.

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I’ll be updating 2/15 at around 9pm ET. Monday’s update will include 30,000 words of new content and introduce 3 new main characters, some of which may be romanced.

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PLEASE BE MORE KELLY. ahem.

Yay can’t wait I’m going to be so energised until it ends the disappointed cause it ended